Study looked at the effects of artificial embankments in China's Yellow River

The country accounts for about half of the world’s coal production and consumption

It's easy to overlook duckweed, but this unassuming plant can grow incredibly fast.

The weed-killing chemical is in the spotlight for its health risks yet again.

Humans are driving evolution in the worst possible way.

A sneak peek below the "doomsday" glacier yields has both good and bad news.

The museum can’t say anything that could damage the company's reputation

It could make drone-based seeding much more efficient.

It was found in Denmark and it involved hundreds of volunteers

The bloc expects not to have diesel and petrol cars on the road by mid century

It's the first time researchers investigated how snakes respond to sound in a space where they can move freely.

Engineers re-created his experiment with computer modeling and found yet another surprise from the brilliant man.

They provide important ecosystem services and support plant and animal life

Researchers process close to 40 years of satellite photos to find correlations in beach width and climate cycles

It absorbs polluted water and then releases safe water

This would allow us to stop using live volunteers on future studies.

It’s all about using them more efficiently, the researchers said

We can learn from history and maybe not do the same mistakes.

They are a common occurrence in summer and are also influenced by pesticides

They also found a shield, also likely for the person to defend themselves from evil.

The letters had been archived in France and mistakenly placed in another section of a library

They hunted big crab specimens when the tide was low and then cooked them, much like modern humans.

It could be a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions coming from concrete.

They keep expanding when they should be doing the exact opposite

Dystopian much?

It’s not necessarily good or bad for climate change, the researchers said -- but it will improve our climate models.

Yet another reason to spend more time with our feline friends.

Pollution and

This challenges the idea that Vikings were stealing animals in England

No one likes a soggy paper straw, but we don't really like plastic pollution either.

Study looks at forest trends in Brazil in indigenous communities lands

There's basically no reason to cling on to caol.

The researchers set out to study cuddling. They may have rewritten decades of research on the 'love hormone'.

Bees are in trouble, and bricks could be an option to help them in cities

Over 10 years, people who followed these habits had a slower memory decline than those who didn't

This is bad news for the entire planet.

Less people, less cars, less temperature

It's taking a big toll on the poultry industry, with animals being culled

Cape Verde is an archipelago that's affected by a high debt and climate change. A new fiscal mechanism could help...

The shapes are based on the Chua circuit, a simple electronic system

While exciting, it won’t solve the plastic problem, the researchers said

It could open the door to medical treatments of limb loss in humans, the researchers said

The technology can detect disorders up to six months earlier than a doctor

For millions, faith is a core aspect of decision-making.

Lithium mining is essential for supplying the world with batteries. But there's a dark side to it.

There are over 60 colonies in Antarctica, and half have been identified with satellite images

It could help ecologists understand life in forest canopies

There's still time to avoid most of this if we bring down out emissions

The fact that Marx was able to propose a theory that can still fit so well in today's modern world...

Many of us are simply sitting down too much .We should start paying more attention to it.